Improvement in match-boxes



l. MATTHIAS.

Match-Boxes.

No. 144,404. Patented N0v.11,1s73.

, .y T.UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

JOSEPH MATTHIAS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT MATCH-BOXES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 144,404, dated November11, 1873 application filed October 18, 1873.

tion; and that the following is a full and com-f` plete.. description ofits construction and mode of operation, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and the, letters of reference marked thereon,andwhich make a part of this speciiication.

The object of my invention is to furnish a hinge-connection formatch-boxes and other similar articles which shall securely connect `thecover and body of the article together,

and also permit the cover to shut over and move upon the body of thebox, which is sim.- ple in arrangement, cheap of construction,

. durable, permits the box to be easily and quickly opened, and is neatand elegant in appearance.

The drawings show the application of my invention to a match-boxdesigned for securely and conveniently carrying matches in the pocket.

p Figure 1 is a plain face view of such a matchbox. Fig. 2 is a backview of the same. Fig.

' 3 is a vertical section through the line a: x,

Fig. 2: Fig. 4 is a cross-section through the line y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 5is a face view with i the cover partly turned back. Fig. 6 is a view `ofpart of the cover' and the hinge-blanks. Fig. 7 is a view of the backpart of the box,

showing the hinge-slots or recesses.

`Such a box may be made, if desired, in two `parts only-the cover or topA, and the box i or lower part B-struck or drawn from solid hingeportions to enter therein, and of a depth corresponding to the extent itis desired to `have the cover of the box shut or "slide down over suchlower part. From-the lower edge of one of the sides of the cover, andsolid therewith when the b ox is made of metal, extend one or moreparts' or strips, c c, corresponding in number with the openings f orrecesses b b in the lower portion of the box, and of a width little lessthan that of such openings. y

To make the hinge-connection, such strips or pieces c c are simplyinserted 'om the outside of the box, into and through the openings b b,and then b ent up against the inner side of the cover, as shown in Fig.3, not tightly or closely, butin such a manner as to allow the upperpart or top of the box B, when the cover is shut over the side of suchbox, to pass between the inner side of the cover and such bent part ofthe hinge. When the cover is in such position and the box shut, the benthinge part o is against the lower edge of the opening b, as shown inFig. 2.

When the box is to be opened, the cover A is raised from the lower partB, such motion being permitted by the height of the open' or recess buntil the hinge part c comes again the upper edge of such slot opening,as shown in Fig. 5, when the cover can be easily turned back.

The bent pieces c c may be soldered or riveted to the cover A, insteadof being out out from one and the same piece of metal with the r cover,though the latter mode of construction is preferable and cheaper.

When the box is made of other material than metal, suchparts must besecured to the cover by rivets or in some iirm manner.

`The arrangement of such openings or recesses b b in one part of thebox, in combination with the hinge-pieces c c iixed to the other part,and bent substantially as described, after being inserted in suchrecesses, produces, in fact, a sliding or movable hinge, which isespecially convenient and applicable to such articles as match-boxes,spectacle-cases, 85e., in which, for any reason, it is desirable to havethe cover shut down over the other part otf the box or case.

For convenience in carrying in the pocket, The sliding or adjustablehinge I) o c', oond match-boxes and similar articles should he struetedsubstantially as described and fon formed with rounded ends and sides7and Withthe purposes set forth.

out corners7 substantially as shown in Figs. l JOSEPH MATTHIAS. to 5.

In match-boxes a roughened place, d, ena- Witnesses: .bles a match to hemore easily ignited. S. D. LAW,

What is claimed as ne7 is- A. T. GURLITZ.

